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An Enduring Archive of Queer Writers’ Portraits
Giard grew up in a working-class family in Hartford, Connecticut. When he entered public high school, he was shunted onto the remedial track, because, as he wrote, “it was...
The Mesmerizing, Hard-Edge Paintings of Fanny Sanín
Also: Staffers’ favorite Brad Pitt movies, Carnegie Hall performances in the parks, the stargazing rap of Ab-Soul, and more. Source link
“M3GAN 2.0” Is a Victim of Inflation
The sequel, which adds more A.I.-endowed robots and increases their powers, diminishes its dramatic impact. Source link
A Summer Reading List of Lighthearted Mysteries
For many readers, summer is the time for breezy, undemanding books—the kind you can toss in a beach bag and finish before the sunburn sets in. Sue Halpern, a...
The Shrewdly Regenerative Apocalypse of “28 Years Later”
Perhaps because cannibalism comes with the territory, the zombie movie has proved uncommonly immune to a certain strain of critical attack: the kind that instinctively finds fault with the...
“The Gilded Age” Is a Poor Man’s Period Drama
In the HBO drama “The Gilded Age,” the characters are keenly aware that they live in interesting times. Early in the series, which is set in the eighteen-eighties, an...
Are Young People Having Enough Sex?
The virgin allegations emerged about a decade ago. Young people “are so sexually inactive that it practically boggles the mind,” a writer for Bustle proclaimed, in 2016, invoking a...
Christoph Niemann’s “The Bridge”
“The real beauty of the Brooklyn Bridge can only be experienced in motion,” the artist Christoph Niemann said, about his cover for the June 30, 2025, issue. Niemann’s celebration...
Han Ong on Partisan Passions and Life Affirmation in the Theatre
Your story “Happy Days” revolves around an unorthodox staging of Samuel Beckett’s play “Happy Days,” by an Off Off Broadway theatre company, in the East Village. As the story...
